Sliding clothespin bag



April 24, 192s.

W.y H. ORTH SLIDING CLOTHESPIN BAG Filed March 24., 1927 IN VEN' T012- Patented Apr. 24, 1928.

UNITED WILLIAM'H. ORTH, 0FIl?HILAI)IIVlLPI-IIICA,v PENNSYLVANIA.

SLIDING CLOTHESPIN yBAGf. v

Application filed March 24, 1927. Serial No. 177,917.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in a sliding clothe'spin bag, and has for its primary object'the provision of a simple and effective device of this character, which may be hung upon a clothes line and slid along the saine when hanging out or taking down clothes that have been Washed, and more particularly when the clothes are being hung out.

Another object of the invention is to pro- Vide a simple, inexpensive clothes pin bag including a receptacle, preferably'a fabric so folded as toprovide a suitable compartment having a plurality of openings leading thereto. v

A further object of the invention is to construct a clothes pin bag from a rectangular piece of fabric, the corners of which are brought together and secured to the kback plate of a hook. Y

With these and other ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in theart to which thisinvention appertains, may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a clothes pin bag constructed in accordance with my improvement and shown hanging upon a section of clothes line.

Fig. Q, is an' enlarged side elevation of the hook.

Fig. 3,`is a plan View of Fig. 2.

Fig. el, a plan view 'on a reduced scale of the fabric from which the receptacle is made.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional vieiv throiiglione of the corners of the hook and receptacle fabric illustrating an effective way of fastening the coriiei's of the fabric to the hook. s

In carrying out my invention as herein embodied, 6 represents a rectangular piece -of material preferably a textile fabric, having a hem 7 about its edges formed by turning the edges of the fabric back upon-itself and sewing it in placerbythe stitches 8.

The four corners of this piece of material are suitably fixed tothe base plate 9 of the lliook 10` which also includes thecurvedhead 'I'he base plate 9 is preferably of rectangular shape and vhas four holes 12 therethrough,

f preferably in the corners, and through these holes may be passed the securing means for fastening the corners of the fabric to the hook. As here shown, the fastening means consists oftwo buttons 14 and 15 the former on the outside of the corner of the fabric, and the latter on the inside of the hook base plate with threads 16 stitched through the holes in the buttons and passing through a hole in the base plate, and said fabric.

When the parts are properly assembled, andthe bag hung upon a clothes line 17, four access openings 18 are providedbetween the adjacent portions of each folded side of the fabric, sothat the clpthes pins may be placed in or removed from the bag, no matter in vwhat positionit may be hung and regardless of the location of the user to the bag.

In practice, the bag is hung upon the clothes line adjacent the point where the user starts to hang the clothes, and as the user gradually progresses, the bag may be slid along the clothes line so as to always be in easy accessof the user.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction as herein shown as these may be' varied within the limits of the appended claims Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described by invention,

what I claim as new and useful is:

1. A clothes vpin bag comprising a hook including a head and base plate, the latter having a yplurality of corners, each having a hole passing therethrough, a piece of flexible fabric of relatively greater dimension than said base plate and havingvcoi`- ner portions disposed over the holes in the engaging the buttons and passing through the holes in the base plate and the corners of the material for securing the fabric to the plate.

2. A clothes pin bag comprising a hook including a head and a base plate, the latter having a plurality of cor-ners, -ea-ch having'a hole passing therethrough, a peee of flexible fabric of relatively greater dimension than said base plate anclhaving corner portions disposed over the holes in the base plate and means having portions passing through the holes in the base plate and the corners of the fabric to permanently secure the fabric to the plate.

:In testimony whereof, I have hereunto aHiXed my signature.

WILLIAM H. oRTH. 

